Powerball

In Russia, lottery plays you.

 

I actually just scrolled through Facebook and the funniest thing is 100 people in a row commenting how its wrong, as if they were the only ones sharp enough to realize it.

 

Pretty crazy that of the $1.5B payout, you'd net less than 1/3. That said, forget all this talk about a new car, but something not too outrageous. I'm buying a fucking Bugatti.

 

That is fun. Over 17 years, playing the same numbers, I've spent $3,199 and won $287.

 

Here are my toys I'll be buying tomorrow with my 500 million.

My new car.


Wife's new car.



Kid's new truck.



........Last but not least.........my new golf cart.

 

Would it be in poor taste to buy my own private PopeMobile?

 

I'm at the MGM Grand and they don't have Powerball in Nevada, so I'm thinking I may be able to auction off the two tickets in my pocket before the drawing.

 

Dude, don't do it. Imagine if you auction off the winning ticket for $10. Good lord, that would be a kick in the nuts.

 

The starting bid would be up around $100. I figure I'll be in a room with hundreds of degenerate gamblers. I can do it over by the high stakes tables.... Then probably get arrested and escorted off the casino floor.

 

OK, imagine you auction off a $1.5B lottery ticket for $1,000. That's still brutal.

Two rules for the lottery:
1) Always buy into the office pool
2) Never give away (or in this case, sell) a ticket

 

Man, I keep thinking about this, Cran. I love your idea in theory, but could never bring myself to do it. I'd be too terrified of giving up a winning ticket.

 

Starting bid at $200, and you get 5% of whatever winnings.
$2 or 1.5 billion........